Cortex Moutan for Body and Health

Cortex Mouton, commonly known as Tree Peony Root Bark and Moutan Root Bark is a herbal medicine widely used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for the treatment of blood-heat and blood-stasis syndrome.

• It may help to treat blood stasis with abdominal masses, amenorrhea, lumps or bruises due to trauma, menstrual cramping, and liver blood stagnation.

• It is used as an antispasmodic, analgesic, antiaggregatory, and antioxidative agent.

• Cortex Moutan has been shown to treat various disorders like diabetes, brain ischemia-reperfusion injury, inflammation, Alzheimer’s disease, arthritis, sepsis, HIV infection, and herpes simplex virus infection.

• There are also some reports showing the anitumor activity of Cortex Moutan, including DLD-1 human colon cancer cells, renal carcinoma, and gastric cancer. 

• It may help with hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematemesis or subcutaneous bleeding, and menorrhagia due to blood heat.

• It may help to treat liver fire with eye pain, flank pain, headache, flushing, and dysmenorrhea.

• It drains pus and reduces swelling:
  • Non-draining sores (topical) and Intestinal abscesses (internal)

• Research shows that it’s good for bronchial and intestinal infections.

• Contraindicated in those with cold blood disorders.

• Contraindicated in those with excessive menstruation.

• Contraindicated during pregnancy.

• Contraindicated in those with a weak stomach or cold from stomach deficiency.

There is not much scientific evidence saying that Cortex Moutan can help with the above-mentioned benefits and medical conditions. Always consult a doctor before using herbs or any plant extracts.